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Rachel Williamson

Rachel is a proud New Zealander who launched a journalism career in Australia with AAP and Business Spectator. She’s worked across the Middle East covering energy and economics issues, and even did a couple of spells in Somaliland with an experimental news startup.

Women, Gen Z fastest growing investor bases in Australia

Women are surging into investing, making up almost half of people who began in the last 12 months, as is…

Incannex persists with CBD, hydroxychloroquine COVID drug

Marijuana company Incannex Healthcare (ASX:IHL) says its COVID-19 treatment performed well in the lab against sepsis associated acute respiratory distress…

Virtus pitches AI tech to get out of IVF price war

Premium IVF services were in demand in June and July, which Virtus Health's (ASX:VRT) new chief Kate Munnings speculates is…

Tech killed value investing: report

It's over. Or at least, it's over for now. A new report has called the "death of value investing" as tech…

SomnoMed taps tech for new board hires, posts full-year profit

SomnoMed (ASX:SOM) is the latest Australian health company to look to Silicon Valley for its board, although it has pilfered…

These are the gaming stocks punters are betting on

One reason given for the recent rise of the Australian amateur investor is that COVID-19 caused gambling venues to close,…

Geopolitical risk prompts Bubs production shift to China

As China closes the door to more Australian products, goat milk formula maker Bubs Australia (ASX:BUB) is doing its best…

Scopo’s powerplays: Investors love a result, until they don’t

Healthcare and life sciences expert Scott Power, who has been a senior analyst with Morgans Financial for 24 years, explains…

HealthEngine to pay $2.9m for selling user data, changing reviews

The Federal Court has ordered telehealth operator HealthEngine to pay a $2.9m fine for sharing its users' personal information to…

LICs haven’t joined in market recovery

Interest in listed investment trusts and companies (LITs and LICs) remains in the doldrums, as the sector has failed to…

Check up: A good fortnight to be a small cap health investor

Here’s our fortnightly wrap of all the news driving ASX health stocks. Of the ASX’s 133-odd small cap health stocks…

Plastic can be beaten and these ASX stocks are in the mix

Plastic waste is one of the biggest pollution problems in the world, as the ubiquitous material chokes everything from the…

Oui oui! MVP buys back Penthrox rights in Europe

Medical Developments International (ASX:MVP) has a tentative contract with the Mundipharma network in Europe to take back the distribution rights…

COVID-19 has been great for Chinese stocks

China is in worse shape than the headline numbers suggest, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post warned at the end…

Pandemic adds years to gender financial equality

Women are a full generation away from achieving financial parity with men as the economic effects of COVID-19 pandemic add…

Aged care operator Estia falls to loss as COVID-19 costs bite

Estia Health (ASX:EHE), an aged care operator with two homes in Melbourne's 10 clusters in the sector, fell to a…

Fractional investing signals change in the way we think about stocks

Ever looked at a stock, let's say Amazon, and thought "shoulda jumped on that when I could still afford it"?…